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In Saudi Arabia, women still can’t drive. But they have been recently granted the right to vote and to run in an election. In this documentary, The Times’s Mona El-Naggar takes us inside the ultraconservative kingdom and into the largely inaccessible world of Saudi women.read more

At least 14 women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia’s first-ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said Sunday, far exceeding expectations in the ultra-conservative kingdom. “Even if it was only one ...

Just days after women in Saudi Arabia gained the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections in 2015, a major advancement for women’s rights in the conservative Muslim kingdom, a Saudi woman has been sentenced to 10 lashe...

Voting rights for Saudi women took another step forward this week. Female candidates began registering to run in upcoming municipal elections — and for the first time, women will be able to vote for them. Voter registration began in...

In Saudi Arabia, women still can’t drive. But they have been recently granted the right to vote and to run in an election. The Times’s Mona El-Naggar takes us inside the ultra-religious kingdom and into the largely inaccessible worl...